2. Who’s involved

The NGO that organised the trip is called Gulf 4 Good and it organises a couple of adventures each year – later this year, challengers will cycle across Cuba and take on northern Thailand on bikes, in kayaks and by foot.

The charity that our adventure will ultimately benefit is Community Projects Africa which does all manner of amazing things for women and children, predominantly in Tanzania.

We’ll be spending time at the Laishene Primary School as part of the trip and, in many ways, I think that could turn out to be the highlight. We’ve been told we’ll have the opportunity to actually get our hands dirty and build classrooms (which is what a lot of our sponsorship will be used for) which I’m all for, even if I secretly harbour thoughts of slipping away and getting involved in a big breaktime football match…I can then tell everyone that I also represented England in Africa in 2010!